All Port Strategy articles in Web Issue – Page 546
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Panama turnover down
Panama’s Maritime Authority (AMP) has reported a $2m cut in revenue in 2016.
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NewsMajor port investment in Argentina
In Argentina, the ports of Quequén, Puerto Madryn, Comodoro Rivadavia and Ushuaia, as well as a new harbour at Ité Ibaté, will all receive state and private sector funding in 2017.
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Valparaíso to study La Ligua deepwater port
Valparaíso Port Company (EPV) will shortly commence studies for a new deep water port at La Ligua.
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NewsValencia plans €233m investment
The Port Authority of Valencia (APV) has announced that it plans to invest more than €233m across three ports – Sagunto, Valencia and Gandia – over the next three years.
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NewsEco-friendly port operations
Last year was a busy one for Bremenports with one of its core tasks being to identify solutions which lead to sustainable operations, including the use of LNG.
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NewsHaifa stung by environmental fines
Israel''s Ministry of Environmental Protection has fined the Port of Haifa 2.2 million shekels ($570,000) for violating air pollution regulations.
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NewsPioneering sustainability in logistics
The logistics expert Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) owned Melbourne International RoRo and Automotive Terminal (MIRRAT) is testament to how it is working to reduce its environmental impact.
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Antwerp on track for record 2016 volumes
The Port of Antwerp has ended 2016 with an expected record volume of more than 214m tonnes of freight handled.
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NewsOran orders seven SmartPort cranes
Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has received an order for seven rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes following a tender launched by the Algerian port procurement company Groupement D''Interêt Commun Des Entreprises Portuaires (GICEP).
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NewsGhana opens Takoradi public tender
Eligible parties are being invited to submit an Expression of Interest for the Concession of an integrated container and multipurpose terminal in the port of Takoradi, Ghana.
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NewsTackling high LNG equipment costs
LNG has a huge opportunity to become a key shipping fuel because of its environmental advantages and relatively stable price, but equipment costs and lack of LNG bunkering facilities are still weighing heavily on shipowners'' minds.
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NewsLNG cruise ship
Brittany Ferries has signed a letter of intent with the Flensburger Schiffbau shipyard to construct a new LNG powered ship.
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Clarksons lifts the lid on China’s throughput
China’s economic growth has slowed in recent years, contributing to softer box throughput growth at mainland Chinese ports. But there has been a significant difference in trends in throughput between the country’s large and small container ports, according to Clarksons.
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Indian Cabinet approves Ports Authority Bill
The Indian Cabinet has approved a bill that seeks to enable greater efficiency in the governance of ports and provide autonomy in decision-making.
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Trump administration threatens port funding
The Trump administration’s promise to rebuild the US infrastructure could involve a system of tax cuts and credits for corporations and an infrastructure bank for projects, which could prove to be problematic for the transportation and logistics industry.
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Port of Subic expects increased port operations
Port of Subic has said that it expects increased port operations with Taiwan-based shipping lines on the back of the news that the Taiwan government is keen to establish a partnership with Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA).
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Philippines Customs to drive port improvements
The Philippines Bureau of Customs has announced plans to develop and further boost its performance in 2017, partly through improved port facilities.
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NewsCharleston ports chief calls for co-operation
President and chief executive of South Carolina Ports Authority Jim Newsome has said that even in the competitive world of cargo shipping, there’s room for co-operation.
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Progress for Port of Long Beach expansion
The Port of Long Beach has released an environmental study on its proposal to reconfigure and expand the Pier B on-dock rail facility.
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NewsMontreal's eRTG conversion
Conductix-Wampfler has just completed the first E-RTG (electrified rubber-tyred gantry) container crane conversion at the Port of Montreal, Canada.
